All 179 claims presented against the state of Minnesota on behalf of those impacted by a 2007 bridge collapse have been settled for a total of $36.6 million, with individual settlements ranging from $4,500 to over $2.2 million. The state of Minnesota agreed to pay the settlements to survivors of the tragedy and to family [...]
Babcock & Wilcox has settled a 14-year-long lawsuits for $52.5 million for personal injury, wrongful death and property damage to 365 claimants from the Apollo and Parks area. U.S. District Court Judge Donetta Ambrose, chief judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, approved the settlement Friday. The plaintiffs alleged that airborne radioactive emissions from the [...]
Justice News Flash, FL The alleged blatant medical malpractice of the hospital physicians and nurses, negligence of Los Angeles County 911 dispatchers to recognize an emergency and send officers to the scene, and the alleged civil rights violations by the family’s lawyers led to … Topics: death, justice, law, lawsuit, lawyer, Los Angeles, malpractice, medical, medical [...]
The goal of lawyers who represent plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuitss is to help the client. But sometimes the receipt of proceeds from a lawsuits can actually cost your client money. How can that be? If your client is receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and the settlement results in your client having [...]